J? v -,f , ' 1 r - id: it Ifei! cf! Ml it IT BY S.. J. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1871. VOL. 17.-N0. 22. C ;S, W , iri v.. , $ k W ri ti II I will s iif ff ft; Id h fx- . - 3 ft. si L I J jacket poetry. A FEACTICAL LOVES. I did not purchase for my bride Kich jeweled rings and costly fans. But what I thought would be her pride A set complete of pots and pan. I would nt win sweet Jennie's love By ge'.dea gifts of magie, power ; If she a proper wife would prove. She would prefer some bags of floor. I did not play with JonnieV heart, Nor try to fix it were it fickle, But sent, distrusting modern art, A side of pork for her to piokle. I did not give her rubies red. To lend her raven hair relief ; But what would charm when we were wed A good supply ef potted beef. I Jid not wanton with ner love. lL.il pined lo nestle on my breast, Just lika a drooping, tired dove, tut sent a couch where it could rest. I did not, when the moon was bright, Take Jenny out for tranquil walks, But took her what would more delight A dozen each bt knives and forks. I did not send her flow'rets bright, Whose brightness, ah ! so quickly wanes, llut comfort in the darkest night, A set of sheets and counterpanes. And to at last ear little store Would furnish well an envied cot ; But then I should hare said before blie jilted ma, and kept the lot. TEE GAME TOE LITE. It was a terrible stormy night ; dark as pitch, and blowing a hurricane. My over coat was wet through, and my jaek-boots completely filled with water. The lij-'htriitttr kept up one eonstant succession of vivid Hashes, and the deep thunder rolled in eve ry direction. Under the ruost favorable cir cumstances such a night would not be con sidered pleasant ; but when you are alone in a country you don't know, have lost your way, and can't see a oot beyond your hor se's nof.e, I don't think any o:ie cn imaging anything uiore unpleasant. Thi--, however, was uiy ease. I was iu the far, far West. in fact, at a greater distance from the Atlantic aboard than I had ever attained belore. Business had called methere.and for certain reasons I had to travel toward the backwoods takiuK with uie a considerable sum of mon ey, which it was of the utmost importance I should deliver safely at its domination as goon as possible. In my anxiety to xerform rcy misdnn well I had foolishly pas.sc-d the place where I oucht to have rested for the night, loudly hoping to reach another station before the clu?e of the evening; but the :torm comin.ir on, I lost uiy way, and there I was, stumb line about over stuiups of trees, my horse knee-deep in the mud, and I without the slightest id'a which way to turn. Down came thi rain in torrent -5, beafiripr the iunddy earth as1 if it wished lo wash it clean. 1 was wet through to tin skin, and my horse at every Mcp seemed finking deep er and deeper into the mud. till at last he refused to move a -:;ep further. In vain I plunged uy spurs into his sides, and used my whip, not another foot would he move, but ttood with tretubliiijr flanks and extend ed uo.trila, the picture of agonized fear: fo I was forced to dismount at; i bad him. But you may jud&e my surprise when I reached his head to find that he was neatly touching a wall. I stretched forth my hand, ?.ud, to my delight, found it was a lop hut. 'Here is shelter, at ail events," said I, to niysrlf, "though I seireely deserve it for rny foolhardiness in riding past the station. S'e!l, I suppose I shall have to fro supper less to sleep, and heaven knows that is bad enough in my present couditiou. " lr.iwiti? thy bt idie over my arm, I le i my horse rouud rh.; building, feeling earelu!!y s i as not to miss the doorway. I pa-svd down one side and turned the corner, v'n jn, to my delight, I perceived a light shining through si'ruie chinks in the logs. Without j aaiiu a in iment t) consider what quests mipiit 1 e a-r .'nibled inside. I ha'tctied to the dour, aud leating loudly upon it, de-r.au.i.-d admittance. 1 had not Ion 2 to wait. T;.e di.or opened slowly, aud a tall thin man ft. ol leftnv Hie. follow tvs- roupb'y drcsse-1, and wore tiLr-e hiua 1 brimmed hat thrown carelessly en lii- head ; a cloak, much the worse for we-r, h '.ti? lrom his shotilders aiid nearly roa. hi d the ground ; his figure was spare, l.it very powerful. With his left hand he h'jld the door, so as to be ready to clo3 it in an instant, aud in Lis riht a Coit's re v IviT Voucg America's constant compan i rt. L' tvinc; glanoed at his toilet, I turned my t!fr::tio!i to his face, sr,4 I must say, a more c 2-!teaIi!e one I never witnessed. It was 't:c an ! thin, but very sallow, hhzh cheek Is .!;:. sharp, evil looking ees, a uoso like an cube's beak, low, rfcodiii I'orchead.and a lou-o mouth Ciled with horrible tuski. A ' !i.' ti;!t of hair hun; from his chin, and bi-'i;i;i r lip and cheek had not felt the t v.j !i of a razor for some days. liav'mi: lixc l his evil eyes on me, and ta-k-ti a L- iod inventory of my personal appear fie ai.d effects, he pocketed his pistoi.and .'r:t'!. d out : "Wa!. what's tha matter?" . '.Matter:" I exclaimed; "matter enough. I -!.-uld thit.k. 1 have lost my way, and am v-r. to the sin." V;ii. I e.in't help that," he replk'd.and (I: -- as if to shut the door. i'. : I t.ee.1 sh Iter," I cried ; "my go.)d f I I :i!n n -arlv drowned." ' V ei ..t look as if sou'd been making - i , Is f yourself," he drawled, open-in-' Lis mouth, and showin.-his friglnful tu-ks. ' l -n't keep me here, mv good fellow," I x -'litned. look in ir anxiously at the fire ; "1 I'm;-.- want a teed for my horse and she! i'T tnysolf ; for both of which you shall be w-!l paid." ' f i. r' s a h irn at the end of the hut for ti.. 'r-.'" said he. jerkin? his head in the i I; r .-'-yu had better eo and put btin iv:,!iL'er, and then eon.e licre.'' A- 1 ,-uw there was no help for it, l ied :ny 1. :" to the barn, made him as comfort able a-, I could, and then taking my scddle-baj- over my arm, entered the hut. It w:ls a wretched hovel, composed of r-'U'h Sitiwii as. rmdv rut to-rether, and ........ ..1 .:.u ' 4 ...."... mico ti ivlvich J I'-'i Willi I1IU11, ' " had fallen awav, leaving the logs exposed to view, and the shtrp wind whistled ihront-h 'he clink, ia a mi erahle maimer. The hearth was composed of stones beaten into th.- earth, and upon it blazed a lar-'e fire, which, although it fi'ld the room with phi le, was, in my condition, most accep table. My newly made acquaintance appeared to have fallen fast asleep before the fire ; so piving one look at his disagreeable counte nance, I took off my coat and waist-oat. laid 'e.'m out to dry, and plat-ibg the saddle bags lor a pillow, prepared to go to sleep. "Wal, stranger," said my host, starting p with a snarl, "I du think you might be more perliie, and just hand over the news. 1 guess it isn't often we get any down in thesa parts, aud therefore we don't lo3e a chance of raising any when we can." "I must beg your pardon," I replied ; "I thought you were asleep, and therefore was (juiet in case I wieht disturb you." "Air you hungry ?" he demanded. "As a hunter," was my cuiphafio reply. "I jruess you won't object to this bit of corned beef, then,1' said he, pushing some coarse bread and salt meat towards me. "On the contrary,", i replied, "nothing could be more acceptable." "I guess you're thirsty," he said, after watching me devour tne meat. "Sahara is Dothing to me," I avowed. "iNlon't know auything about your Sa rah," he rep!ied,"but I du know agirl nam ed i'olly, who does drint,- ehe du ; a patent double pressure engine is nothing to her, that it ain't ; she takes in more liquid than a Mississippi steamboat, and' whea she's at hijrh pressure I guess she's as dangerous." I expressed my sorrow at Miss Polly's failing, aud asked hiiu if he had anything to driTik. "W'af, yes ; here's some Bourbon whisky; put yourself outside that, and you won't feel jour soaking." I needed no second invitation, for.in spite of the huge fire, I was shivering with told; and as 1 had most important business to ex ecute, was most anxious at any risks to keep up uiy strength, so as to accomplish my journey. As I drank the whisky my companion Lpsed into silence, and I began to ponder upon the weakness of human judgment, and the unfairness of what people cail "impres sions" in particular. "Here is a man," thought I, "that eve rybody would proclaim a scoundrel from his diabolical countenance ; iudirin from that you would say that he was mean, cruel and unprincipled rye;. although I have not feen him before, he not. only gives mc the shelter of his roof, but also shares his supper and whisky with me. i will never trust to ap pearances again." V hiht 1 had been making these reflec tions, I again prepared for sleep ; but my doing so evidently displeased my companion lor stretching out his long legs to their full length evidently to kick, miue he gave a terrible yawn. . "l'anied if you ain't the slowest cuss I've met on this side of creation," he growled. "Ain't you got no news '" Half angry and half amused at his strange manner, I replied : "I am extremely sorry that I have no news to give you, and unfortunately I have not the imagination of some of our New York papers, or I would inveut some for your amusement." "Now, look here, stranger, none of your impertinence. I guess you're a Bostouer, which aeiousts for your infernal slowness. What's the good of c paper, if there isn't something new in it ' S'pose there's a mur dor or robhery, ""d 't9 a rest one, wai, you read it and enjoy it. . But s'pose it's a h-Le oae, 'bout people you know nothing about, wal, you enjoy it, and thre isn't halt the darned injury done. You Llf or cry as much over one as the other, and you don't know the people ; therefore, what can it mutter to you whetiier it is true or false ' it does just the stme." Not feeling inclined to argue with my friend over the matter, especially as 1 could see that he was a man who would not take contradiction quietly, I readily owned that I was wroug and he wis right. "S'pose you don't want to sleep directly, stranger?" 'Indeed I do, for T am very tired." "I guess it's not safe to sleep in these parts, unless you can manage to keep one eye open." 'Why? Surely we are eafe here?" "I don t knoiv that. I cale late you tir a stranscr in these parts?" -ram." "But I guess you've heard of Silas Cass he dnelis hereabouts. Silas Cass ! I had indeed heard of him as one of the mist desperate and depraved characters that haunted the out-settlements of America. He was suspected nay, it was morally certain that he had committed more murders and robberies than any man in the world ; but he had contrived to evade the law, lor although suspicion was great, there was no proof, and the wrctcli had al ways escaped the punishment he so richly deserved. As I looked at the diabolical face before rue, 1 was convinced that my host ws no other than the notorious Silas Cass. I felt a cold sweat burt out on my forehead, and a terrible dryness seized my throat. A fiend like expression of delight spread over the wretch's tare as he noticed these symptoms of teiror ; his thin lips were drawn back in a deviiuh grin ; his greenish eyes were fixed on me with the malicious gaze of a cat watching a caged bird. Gathering all the resolution I could muster, I replied: "I have heard of Silas Cass, but really I can't believe the stories they tell about him. Some people are liorn unlucky, and it has been the luisfortuue of Cass to be placed in suspicious circumstances; but there has never been any proof of his guilt, and there fore I prefer givins him the bene Be of the doubt in fact, I think he is more sinned aaainst than sinning.'! The monster threw himself Lack and roared with laughter at w hat he thought my credulity, aud pushing the whiskey bottle toward me, ordered me to drink. I placed the bo; tie to my lips, and pre tended to take a hearty draught, ouc very flitl of the fiery luinid entered my ruiuth VTsJ, you air a queer cu.-s," said the ruSai.1. "Now, I shouldn't be surprised if those s.iddle-bags ot yours held a good amount o.f' dollars?" "A few, " J replied ; "and there is a tale l.ehwii'inrr to t!ii',Iil "jist so," sabi Si'af. pushing the whisky Wr' tf.war.ls n "S'DO?e you lake au- ot'n-.r pull." , , x I took hold of the bottle, and kept glued to my lips lor such a length of time that S-ilas eyes seemed reauy to start uom their sockets. M 'Guess you're a tall drinker, stranger, he siii.1. "Yes," I replied, iu as drunhen a voice as I could assume ; "that's how I came by those dollais." "Bully for you," grinned Silas. "I've heard of many a boy drinking himself out ot a fortune, but ne'er a one that drunk himself rich." "Oh," sighed I, with drunken earnest ness, "I once was honest.". "Once!" said lie, opening his eyes. "Yes," I replied. "I held a pface in the Broadway Bank as one of the chief tellers; but 1 took to gaming and driukiug; and,;los.t all my money." "Wal, that didn't make you rich?" "No; but in a fit of desperation I emptied my tiil. and the doilais are there." "Whew !" whistled Silas. "I guess jou did it up pretty spry?" '-'You haven't any cards about you?" I asked. " I guess I have, Jhongh," he replied; "s'posing we have a game of poker?" My heart beat with deliirht when he drew a pack from Jiis pocket, and, grasping. ine cams, i commenced d"aiing them with the assumed eagerness of a regular game ster. . - I saw the wretch cheat me every time. 1 lost and lost ; still. I continued playing, only repenting my losses in a maudlin drunken way, that, made my companion roar with laughter. He commenced to thoroughly enjoy himself directly he saw my misery ; he lighted bis pip'e and began smoking, lie did not puff out the smoke as an ordinary man would have done, but opened his j-outh and let the dense clouds roll rouud his'hor rible tusks, and long, thin tongue. Each time he won, he seized tho bottle and drank heavily of the whiskey. When the bottle was finished, he produced another from a small cupboard at the back of the hut. This soon disappeared, and was replaced by auothcr; but the more he took the better he seemed. As he swept up my dollars he roared with delight, Hinging his huge legs arouud in the most grotesque manner. He began chantiug bits of songs, certainly not nt ror respectable society. To make the sceue more horrible the storm without had become so violent that the hut shook be neath the heavy claps of thunder, and the lightning flashed through the cracks between the loas tbat composed the walls, perfectly paling the red light tf our fire, and cearly blinding me. "Lost again 1" shouted Silas, as he swept up my last lew dollars. "Hear how' the boys are playing skittles up above ! I guess that bowling saloon pays, they play pretty coustaut. What's your next stake?" "I haven't a cent," I groaned. "I'll play you five dollars against your saddle-bags." I knew they would be his, anyway, and therefore staked them. Need I say 1 lost ? As Silas rose to procure some more whiskey, 1 took the opportunity of scrib bling a few lines upon, the back of an en velope, which I slipped into a sli: iu my coat-lining. lie madome stake my horse, my coat and waistcoat; in fact, everything I possessed. I lost all, and then threw myself back as if in despair, bewailing my bad fortune and rashness in having trusted to cards. Silas seemed highly delighted with my melan choly, consoling me with the assurance that there were plenty more banks iu the world, and I uiieht regain my fortuue. After bear ing his taunts for some time I pretended to cry myself asleep, but toek care to place my face in such a position that I eould see ail that Silas did without appearing to watch him. No sooner had my first snore sounded than Silas rose from the eround, and, draw ing his revolver, advanced toward me. "Of all the darned tools I evar jiid meof, tnis one fc-Ls tuein mi. xie a niter! I.io " he is a disgrace to the name. I s'pose it's no Use potting him; he e'sn't brit,g anything ngaijstme! lie lost nil Besides, he won't eare a his money i.i play. oat kie up a And noise in ease of the bank liuling hiiu. yet be would be safer. As he spoke he leveled the pistol straight at my head. I shall never foi.uet that ter rible moment. I knew that the tslighut movement wiuld be tho signal for my dialh. and so remained perfectly motionless; but the strange, horrid cold calm that stole ovet me will never pass from my memory. 'Bahl" he said, put'ing up the pistol, "let him live ; I've got the other oi:e to at tend to." lie turned away and left the hut. care fully closing the door behind him. I ii-tcn-e 1 to his retreating footsteps, and when they sounded distant I sprang to my feet. My first idea was flignt, but a moment s consid eration told me that that would be certain death. I crept lo the door atid peeped tbrauL'h the chinks in the wall, lhe storm still r-'ged and by the constunt flushing of the liiihtuinK I wps enabled to see lor some distance. Silas was coming toward the hut, carrying a heavy burden on bis shoulders. lie stopiied nvthu side ot a ponu about ten yards from the bnil liuir, and threw down his load it was tne boay ol a man. onas then took some cords f.um his pocket, aiid with them bound a hu'e stone to the body. When this was done he picked up the gha.itly object, and with more than human strength hurled it into ihc pond. Thc!it:ht iusr ticamed out brightly; the pale, ghastly tacu seemed tuminrr one ar-peaiine; look to heaven for revenue : the cold, dnll waters closed over it, and all was still again. Struck with horror, I could scarcely move, and with difficulty regained my position by the fire before Siins returned. Oiiietlv tahitiir off his own coat and waist coat, which were as bad as they could be, he threw them into one corner ot the room, and then with all the coolness imaginable, dressed hiir.self in my garments. He again left the hut with my saddle bags, and a few minutes afterward I heard the ring of my horse's feet as he galloped away. In a moment I had seized his coat, and putting it on, dashed from the hut iu hot pursuit. I ran until almost ready to drop. Still 1 pressed oa ; the spirit of reveDge had en tered my soul, and bore me up. At last I saw a horseman crossing tho bill. I knew the figure but too well it was Silas Cass. Tili morniug I dodged from Lush to Lush, keeping as close to him as I dared. Had I had a pistol with me I fear Silas would, have stood a poor chance. At last I perceived a party of hor cmen riding to atd us. and in a minute I burst from my hiding place and commenced shouting as loudly as I eould, ."Stop him, slop him! he is a mur derer 1" Silas looked quietly behind him, and see T?j me running, drew his revolver, present ed and fired. The bullet whistled close lo my head, but did no damage. By this time the horsemen had heard my cries and were dose upon Silas, who Levi tated for a moment whether to attack me- or not. but seeinc the party ot horsemen were ariiied, he turned his horse's head as if to gallop across the country; but the leader of the horsemen swung his rifle round, and pre senting it at SiLas, called him to stop. "I guess th'S is a pretty shindy," said Silas, coolly, " ail ahou a fellow who has lost his money at poker." "Slop that man," I cried; "he has rob bed me of my money, horse, and clothes." "Why, you darned viper," said Silas, "didn't you lose them to me fairly at poker, in the bloek hut?" "No," I cried; "he robbed me there, and I call upon J-O'i all to help me arrest him for bavins committed murder. I saw him throw'the body into a pond by the log hut, last nk'ht. Expecting the same Li'e, 1 wrote on an envelope these words : 'I have been rolled and murdered by Sii;; Ca James An-el.' You will find it in a slit iu the lining of my eoat, which that man now wears, for he is Silas Cass." Scarcely bad the words escaped my lips when Silas again presented his piste 1, and this time with better effect, for the bullet pierced my arm, but at the same instaut one of the horsemen dealt Cass a heavy blow with his rid'j, aud laid him senseless on the ground. Siias was handed over to the authorities and searched ; my cn?e!of e was found npon him. The body was found in tho pond, as l described. My story was tofd and proved true, and in a Jew days l had the satistac tion of kuowiug that Silas Cass was uo more. . Old Agk and Good IIealth. Every person of remarkable longevity, whose hab its Have studied, retired to rest at an early hour, lie may have trantrressed other laws of health for example, he may have used spirits and tobacco moderately ; but 1 nave Heard or no long liver who habitually sat up till a late hour, and I may add that among them all I have never read of a large eater. Eat right and sleep right, and you have the two' fundamental conditions of health and long life. Establish these two sources of life as fixed habits, and if you get drunk once a month and smoke five cigars a day, yon may, notwithstanding, live a long life in the enjoyment of good health. But sit up in a furnace-heated room till 11 o'clock, and eat the quantity and quality of food con sumed by people who belieye iu a short life and a merry one, and you may rest assured that the yearly trip to tho mountains, a moiiibjB guzzle of Saratoga waters, and the attentions of a fashionable doctor ajl put together will fail to save you from early wrinkle?, early loss of sight, premature gray hair, and a short life. Then do you ask me how you can reach eighty-five in the enjoyment of ail your faculties? I reply, go to bed at 0 o'clock, ' and eat twice a day a moderate quantity of plaiu food, Dio Leicis. Very Sharp. A notorious scamp was once brought before an Onondaga justice of the peaee. He was accused of having conic the "strap game" over a native. The port ly justice, wishing to decide understaudinely, asked to see a sample of his skill. "The party" instantly produced a leather strap, gave it a scientific whi-.-k across the bench, and remarked : "You see, judge, the quarter under tha strap?" "NVhat! interrupted the dignified func tionary ; do you mean to say there is a quarter tinder there?" "Sartin." . . "No such thing!" said the justice. W ith accustomed adroit ness the strap was withdrawn, when lo! there was the quarter. "Well,'i said tlie astonished Shallow, "I wotrtdn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eves. Here Ls vour dollar. A -J - e . J i; t t i- eontrary to tne statu;. V'r umoiiu. and provided." The elongated countenance of the gam bler required no additional evidence to tes tily Lis appreciation of the "sell." As IxoENioirs Innkekper. The story of the uanJy who showed how much art sue ccrdeil force by seppratimr two fight ins dogs by clapping his snnft box to tneir noses, is capped by the landlord of the iun at Balna cardoch, Scotland, quite an original in his way. In winter a number ot the neighboring shepherds assembled at his house to drink, crack jokes, and wile away the long nights. Sometimes they got quarrelsome. hen a fray is brewing, our hera puts a bit ot Cay enne pepper in a Lit of brown paper.makes the tonils red hor, lilts the packet with them and holds it at the bottom of the door. The result is magical. An inveterate sneezing and coughing commences, which is instantly succeeded by ru.-h to the door and a break up of the company. Lazy Boys. An exchange says a lazy Loy will make a lazy man as sure as a crook ed sapling will make a crooked tree. Who ever sa.v a boy grow up in iu.ciiess that did not make a shiftless vaeal u.id when he be came a man, uii!e;.s he had r. lo; tune t? keep up the appearances if The mass or thieve.i, criminals and paupers have ci.-me to what they arc, by being brought up in idlern-ss. Those who compose the Lusine.-s part of the community, who make our great useful men, were tausrl.t in their i'C'ihooI to be indus trious. Boys, take those pipes out ef your mouths aud think of this. Lif.e. Our every life is a sermon. Oar birth is the text from which we start. Youth is the introduction of the di.scour.-e. During our manhood we lay down a few propositions and prove them. Some of the passages are dull, and some are very sprightly. Then come inferences and applications- At sev enty years we say, "Fifthly and lastly." The doxology is sung. The benediction is pronounced. The book is closed. It is pet ting cold. Frost on the window-pane. Au dience gone. Shut up the church. Sexton goes home with the key eu his shoulder. When a girl thinks a good "deal" of a "spruce" young man, and "pines" for his company, isn't she in the "lu:iiber"businf.vs pretty heavy? Certainly, if she "boards" in the same family, and "shingles" tier hair and is able to "jdauk" down a lew thousand of Bunk stock, and docs not disturb the "sleepers" by keeping late hours. Of all the annoyin? men in thU world, the good Lord pre'servo us from him who thii.ks hiinsclt more righteous thnn his reighbors who imagines that his way to Heaven is the only iru-i way, and that those who won't believe in him disbelieves in God. Cartain Hall has arrived in New York to make further arrant-emc-u'.s for his expedi tion and has secured the lVri.Tinkla.former !y a tn boat, which is to be fitted for stam as well as eailius purposes. He will leave in May. a The Lripht spots of a man's life are few enouch without blottinji any out. The bean like the earth, would cease to yield good fruit were it not sometimes watered with the tears of sensibility ; and the fruit would be worthless, but fur the sunshine of smiles, A visitor at a certain city church ?ay3 he was tucked into a back pew under the ?al lrv and no one thought tj hand him a hymn. book. But they did not overlook him when the collection was taten. A man living in Kansas City has a full set of furniture made ot the tree on which his lather was bung ten years ago. One Kansas editor calls another an "eigh teen karat fraud." The Candle in the Gunpowder. A merchant was one evening celebrating the marriage of his daughter. While the guests were enjoying themselves above, he chanced to go into the basement where he met a servant carrying a candle without a candlestick. She passed on to the cellar for wood, sod j-oturuiiis quickly without the candle, the merchaut suddenly remembered that during the day. several barrels of gun powder had been opened. Inquiring what she had done with the candle, to his amaze moot and horror her reply was, that not being uble to carry "it with the woud, she had S2t it in a small barrel of '"black sand," in the cellar, lie flow to the spot. A long, red snuff was ready tp fall from the wiek into the mass of powder, when, with great presence of mind, placing one hand on each side of tue caudie. and making his hands meet at the top oner the wick, he safely removed it from the barrel. At first he smiled at bis previous terror; but the reaction was so great that it was weeks before he overcame the shock which his nerves had sustained in that terrible moment. Beneath the surface of social enjoyments are burning passions and terrible temptations which may bring terrible destruction at any moment. To tempt with a glass of wine a man who is trying to couttl an inordinate appetite for strong diinks fs to set the can die in the "black sand." To surround one's self with companions whose idea of society is that conscience shall not stand in the way fd enjoyment is to use gunpowder for a cau Uiestiek. To act on the principle' that a "loan'1 may be taken s?cret!y from an em ployer's till, or that any secret vice may be indulged "just this once," is to expose the soul to terrible destruction. It is thirty miles from the foot of Etna to the crater, and the surface of the entire mountain is 1,900 square mils. The ereat crater is len miles round and 40') ytyds high. Pindar called it the pillar ol heaven, and Deucalion and Pyrrha were paid to have taken refiice on it to escape the deluge. The perpendicular height is 1 1. (,'00 feet, or rather above two miles. In no eruption, that happened in the year lG'JJ, the city -of Catania was overrurnt d iii a moment, aud IS, 000 peoi h; perished in the ruins. Flowers. Let there be some one to set a tuft cf mi-rnouctte by every sick man's pillow, and plant a fuchsia in every work higuian's yard, and place a geranium in every bev?iug-irl's window, and twine a cy press about every poor man's giave, and above all, m;.y there come upon us the bio-sing of. Hint whose footsteps the mosses mark, and whose breath is the rciloletiej of flowers. Between these leaves I press thee, O "Lilly of the Valley." When a man comes home aud trios to bolt the door with a sweet potato, pokes the fire riH-.-1rsa!itntTs,5"nn,Tio'!t jacK,-m-v to cut.kinuiis f"i" his morriio: lire w.ih ti paper-knife, takes a cold pota'o in his hand to light him to bed, and prefers sbepisjsr in his hat mid boots, you may roa.-.ouably ii;:jf that lie has been muLhiji the acqujiata-ice of soma very fiieudiy reopli. Some mu.sic teacher once wrote that ''the art of playing a violin requires the nice-st perception and sensibility of ai:y art in the known world." Upon which the editor comments iy tho following, manner: "lhe art ot publishing a newspaper aud mukintr it pay, and, at the fcame time, making it please everybody, beats fiddling higher than a kite." A citizen of Arkansas, while on board o; a steamer on the Mississippi was asked by a gentleman, "whether the raising of stock in Arkansas was attended by much dhTicu'.ty or expense?" "O, yes, stronger thc-y suf fer much from insects." "Insects ! by, what kind of injects, pray?" "Why, bears, catamounts, wolves, ai.d suchlike insects." A thief made a raid upon the premises of a preacher, nnnit-d G' .iild, in Nebraska City, the other ui.Lt, an 1 captured a lot of shirts, sheets, cutlery, &e. 2i"ext morning the tuaules were left ut hi- d'.i.r, vriui the follow ing : "Rev. Crli-J dMJetit no twoasa min-net-ters lions or I woodent a took theas things. Hear theay is. CoSSCE::ce. An agent-, sdieitinj; subscribers lor a book, showed the prospectus to a man who, alter reading, "One dollar in boar.!:, ami one d'.liar and twenty-Eve cents iu sii-ep," de clined fcubserildiig, as ho mi;:ht not have boards or sheep oa baud when called upon for payment. "Ticlna L i .T.o, V' pti'iiiI inil tin hor ror struck Irishman as the nurse approached bearing a new pledge cf affection from his lruitlul helpmate. "Twins, hinny 1" cried nurse; "faith, aud it's the blessed whisky that makes you see double this morning!'' A gentleman visiting Glasgow for the first time, and fullh;,' in with very wet weather, inquired of a person in the street if it al ways rained iu Glasgow. "Na," was the answer, " itsuaws sometimes." A charitable Cincinnati peufieman keeps a pair of dogs chained at his irjnt door, so that j.oor people who stop to "ijefc a hire'' can he accommodated without taking the trouble to go into the house. Some wretch has stolen the thermometer from the ofhee of the Fond du Lac i-'rpor'er. The paper informs the thief it will .e ot uo use to him where he is goings us it doenot work higher than 313. A strange sight was witnessed on the Missouri river on taturuay, in the moving Jrom Omaha to Council liiulis of a hr- e across the -temporary rai.road bridge be tween those places. Cleanliness is so iieccs;a-y to hea-th that Dr. Francis says, if he ever recommcu.ic i u cure ail, it should consist of a bar of ycilow foap. The Boston Post thinks it is a good tiling tor Horace Greely's heirs that that rentio man's will is not in hi.-, own hatii-writing. Somedody has discovered that in forty years a snuff taker dnvote3 twenty-four months to blowiug his nose. "Pat, whatare you digging that hole for?" "It's not the hole, sir, it's the uirt I'm digging-" lie who wishes to be great must bestir himself in early youth. Mediation is the mother of devot'on, but the daughter of retirement. Huyii'., A W. WALTEUS. Attorxev at Law XX .JC1 carotid. I'a. Office in the Oeurt liouje j t tTALTKB CAKKETT, Attorney atLnw.Cler field. I'a. -M:it 13. IsR.t. J B. GRAHAM SONS. Dcaleia i Pry-Goads . (Jrieeries. Hardware. 1,'tKjensware. Voodon- ware, eroviions. etc. eiarKct t?t. C'lrarfipM. J'a, H.1 F IUULER A CO.. Healers in narwara and til icufac-tiirers of Tin and theet-iron ur. Second itreet. OlcarfieW. I'a. Mnr "7ti. TT F.XAVOLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and 1 1 . dealer in Watches. Jewelry, Ac. llcoui in j raaam's row, .Market it roc t. Nov. IS. HOs J MoCPLLoroil. ATT..-r.NE-. --AT-L.w. : CicarQi'ld, Ta. All lesal btwiness i.romi.t- ' K attended to. Cet. '27. ls-J'J. i HEED. Market Htreot, Clearfield. Pa.. I V Fancy Dry oods, Wbito (innM.. Nutior.s. Kmbroiderics, Ladies' and Gents' Furni'hins Uood, etc. June la, '70. j. P. tnvt. P. L . KKKHS TFVI5 KREBS. (Successor" to II. B. Swoop.). Law and Collection Orrica. Market street. Cle.irfi rid. Pa. Nov. :0. 1S7U. A I. SHAW.Dealer in Drut;?. Patent Medivinea. Fancy Artictos, etc. and Proprietor of Dr. Ifoyer's West Lraeeh Li'.ters, iiarket Street, JicarticH, Pa. June 15.:70. D. UEAD. Jl D., PuvstrtAS at.d '?rKafi0.s . fesiional services to the ctu cusof that r.lace and surrounding c-mntrv. I Apr. 2ll-:'m. 0".ni:; T. Uohlk. Attorney at Law ven, P. i. Vv'iil jjra.tuje ia iho 5c Lock Ila- fcveral courts oi CleuriicI 1 coiintv. l'uihe.-i eutru-t-d to- hioi will reo"ive prompt atU'tti ,n. Ju. -0, '70-y. CKR.VrZ.:it, Dealer in Dry-'Juods. Clothir.?. . Hardware, tjueeusware. Groceries. Provi sions, etc.. Market .Street, ncaily opposite the Court House, Clearfield, Pa. June, lsr.i. JD M'FA' ALLY, Attorneyat Law. ClearficlL' . Pn. Prsetices in Clearfield and adjoin'nj bounties. OSico 5u new brick building of J. Uoyu t in. '21 ytreet, one door south of Lanich's Hotel. TTt:?T, Attorney at Law. ClearSeld, Pu., will . attend promptly to nil Leal businer-8 entrust ed to hiacaro in Clearfield and adjoining coun tics. Office on Market street. July 17, 1S67. T WSIAS II. FOPvCET. Dealer in Sc-onr e.ri S:ivod Liitnhcir, Dry-'.ior.ds.Qiicer.sv m-e. iro- cenes. i lour. iJr.-ii.i. Feud, !?:ieon, Ae , .lo., Gra hiiinloiv Clearfield eountv. Pa. OQt 1. TT KTS'.VICK ' tKWIJf. Denlera in Drug;:. jTX Medi-ines. Pnints Oils. Stationary. Perfume ry . 1'ancy (joods, Motions, etc., etc. Slarkct atreet, Clearfield, Pa Dee. 15, ISfii. ( KSATZKH A PON, dealers in Dry Coods V . CSnthio?. Hardwire. Ciueensware. Groce ries. Pro; ii-iona, e.. Heeond Street Cle.n field. Pa. Dec. 27. !KJi. TOlirJ GT'ELTCH. V.n:ractiiror all '-.ind? o (J Cnionet-waro. Market street. Clearfield. Pa He aloi-i.'.lcc? toordcrC.fnr.c. on short notice aLd attends t'lieeriils Ti rrh a he.'irra. AprlO.'DQ. lii.io--? ire t nt . IX C. VtlTTl rt street, a few ioor. !d. Pa. Apr27 ,1 ri:tniy! C -r. Ttc T-wT-..T.'tJ.CS It riCLT'-P"-'-. ATTin-r:YS at Law ? CI.---irSe'd Pa. 'H . e in rrs ilt-nse of V. A. Wallace" I.r.si hoMm" of all srn 'n afcn.Ie.1 lo vi!U j.romi-tauss and fidelity. )an .:: rrti v.-AI.e ACE. FllASK u-yp FIEI.MXG TT ,r S 'lli'I- ATi.5r.SET T I,aw. ClcnrCetd J'j P.n.. trill (.!' f-romptlT o Im-ii.e.A on tru: l to hiii citra. tiiao on teconi flonr or new ImiWin" adioir.iMS County National r.acic.aRi neirly oppi'- t!teCiurt H.-inra. .Tunc CO. nJ TTtlEDtUICK 1.KITZI;:GI:R. Manufacturer cf all kinds of Stone-warc. Clearfield. Pa. Or dir.- doJicitcd wholesale or retail lie aUokeeps on hand nd for talc an nssi.rtnient of earthen ware, of hi o rn m.inuf-.etiiro. .I.m. 1. lS!'-- r v-ti:)N !iOC.:E, CicnrSeld. Pn. Thi ' 5 t-iiTTi liotal. ncjir tfce ' ourt ftonco wor hy the ti"trpn.cci of tlir public J he t:;!..e will b -i-MO:ie 1 with the e.-t in the mi.ruet. 1 lia Lest of liqVors kent. JOHN pUn; HKKT1 . TOIIX II. rUI.f'-T.SD, AtUToey at Law. Clear field. Pa. OfEc on .Market (street. TJver Hart .wick A Irwin's Drr.g Ftore. Protr.pt attention nio.i, ti snrin ifLutlllt claims, .tc..al.d to ail lc.Tal business. MarehS7, lj7 I T TI O R N , M. H., Pm-stciAS and Srn';;:oN'. havin-' locate.-l at Ky'frtotrn. Pa., oifi:r prcfoji"ral crvicea t ti tne cm- t.l:;3 ol th ep.2J ly I. C'JItLKV. Dealer in Iry Hooi. ro.erc!i, H ard ware, "ncensware 1 lour .a- enii. et-T.. f.O'tiati.l. e lenrn-ia county i a. .-:j extenive dealers in all binds of iwed lonibtr fhin.:!rs. and soiinre Is in Iter. Orders soli-.iled. Woodland, Pa.,Au2. ItUu. Sa f-R J. P. P.Ui C!FirLD Late Purscon of the U s-;a Re- t fer.i. a VuU.. Laving ic urueu from the nmy. olrsrs Lis j.rr,:;.-wioni. I tcrriees to tlio cit'aenn of Clearfield and vicinity. Profo- f.on.i. ca ts promptly atter.aou to. Sotith-Uipr corner of 3d and Market Streets, t'et. 4. IS55 6inp. QURVKYOR. The tmdersifned offers his serviees to the pub!iv. as a nrveyor. r-IIeciaybe found at hii? residence in Lawicnee township, when not engaged ; or acdrosscd by letter nt Clearfield, Penu'a. SUrch 8th. !So7.-tf. JAMES MITCH KLL. TEPFERSO'N LITZ, ?I. I'-. J Uhysieitn nnd Surgeon, Having located r.t Ofceoln. Pa., olTerf his profes sional Fervtces to the people of that plare and sur ronn.tinf eonntry. All calls promptly attended to, OfTico and rcsidcnee oa Curtin sttreet. former ly occupied by lr. Kline. Slay l'.t,'r9. 1 1.0 Ijr v KOP.'JK C. KIPK. .Justice cf th-s Pe.iee, Fur- cvor .-nd Conveyancer. Liiiher.-lur. la Ail I usinets entrusted to him will be prorapiiy at ter. ;e l t . i'crcns 'T-. hle to employ a Survey or wilt do weil to givo hin a call. ' 1-e :itt.-r. hitcfcit that bee... rond'.-r atirfac'ic.i. l'dJ of corvevanse. ar:ic?ps of n;;rcci:irnt. and a'!J.-s:.l y and neatly executes j.:3 i o-yu K. ROTTORF'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, SAIiKBT STHEET, CLKAHFitl O, PSSS A. Xoativcs made in elondy as well as in clear weather, t enstantiy n nanu a goou awunmciu 'rr i-riues. Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views. Frames, ir'.m any ttyls of noiildini. made to order. CTIilVMOS A SPZC1ALITY. Ieo. 2 '"is-jy. 1 )-rt9-ti. gMALL PROFITS aud QUICK SALES. JTARTSWKK t IKWIK are constantly rcplenishirg th Jr stock of Irop. Medicines. i. ?chcol boots and Stationery, including the Ogood aad;National series of readers. AUo To'jacco and Ci gars, of tte bi-.-t qaali'.y. aud at tho lowest prices. Cail and ee, Clearacld. Nov in, 1",-.9 Qif; cr ?i:vtnq v. Arn ink 3. O U IN IvLKY ITd'Sd MA HI INKS. The ui:t perfect an 1 timtile uiar'aiuei ot tha kin 1 e,.;r ir.vent 1.- p. ith of the above popular niachiues bava ben lately -improved: uti:l they s::ind without a rivnl I'rico of t' e Singer l aai ilv Ma-l.:r.c from S.i'..Cl ti-war'la. aecordinc to Ltii'h. iiiokiey Kaittw. ?':;".. Circulars aox saiplcs uitiiled True on application. SXt'.AV," A . .T'.iN. lifo. Agi's, No 2 I rixt! St.. Pi'lsturh. Pa. Agents wr -U-d for the Uiukle M .chme every where, and for thosirgcr in V.wieia 1 cna a, Eastern Ohio and West Va., where there ' already e.sutblUhod. LNoT- 24' b J- pape.s prompt J. THE KIDNEYS. Tha Kijncyj are tiro in number, aitnated at the npper part ot the loiu, surrounded by fat. and coniisiroi; of three part, vii the Anterior, the Interior, and the Exterior'.' The anterior absorbs Interior consists of tia I IUU o' vein, which serve as a deposit for the I uriuo and convey it to the ettorior. The exfe- rior is a conductor alfo. terminating in a siugle j tube, and called the liroter. The ureters are eon j nectcd with the bladder. The bladder is coaipoicd ef vanoas coverings or tisiues, divided iuto parts, vi: the Upper, ta Lower, the .Nervous, and the Mucoaa. The upper eipels. the lower retain. Mauy have a desire to urinate wilhout the ability, othcra uriuato with out the ability to retain. This frequently ocean n children. To cure these affections, we must bripg into ac tion the niu.c!cs, w hich are enseged in their a rious TuaciionB. If they ere uezloctcd, Gravel or Propi-y may ecane. The reader most also be made aware-, that how ever ilight may be tho attack, it is sure to affce the'bodily health and mental powers, as oar flesh anj Llood are supported from these sources. Goi't, or Uma-HATisii . Pt in occurring In tho loins is indicative of the above diseases. They occur in persona disposed to acid stomach and chalky concretions. Tire Gha-fl. The gravel ensues from neglect or improper treatment of lhe kidneys These or Sns being weak, the water is not expelled from the bladder, but allowed to remain; it becomes feveii.-h, and sediment forms. It is from this de posit that the atone is formed, and gravel ensues. Dropst is a colleetii of water in some parts of the body, and bcar."di5crcnt names, according to the parts affected, via: whou generally diffused over the body, it is called Anasarca ; when of the Abdomen, Ascites; when of the chest, Hydrotho ras, Te8atest. llclnibcld's highly concentrated compound Extraet Bnchu is decidedly on of th best remedies for diseases cf the bladder, kidnoys, gravel, dropsical swellings, rheumatism .and gouty affections. Under" thia Head w have arranged Dysnrie. or difficulty and pain in passing water, Scanty Eeeret:on, or small and freqnent dischar ges of water; Strangury, or stopping of water; Hematuria, or Mood uiin ""'""" tity, tut increase In color. or dari water. It was always highly recommended by tha late Dr. Pbytick, in thesa affections. Thfs medicine increases th power of digestion and escites the absorbents iuto healthy exercis by which the watery or calcareous depositions and all unnatural enlargonionts, as well as pain and inflammation are reduced, and it is taken by men, women and children. Directions for us and diet accompany. Philadelphia, Pa., Fek. 25, IS67. II. T, Hei-mbolb, Druggist: Dear Sin : T hav been a sufferer, for upward of twenty years, with gravel, bladder and kidney affections, dating which time I havo nscd various medicinal preparations: and been under the treat ment of th roost eminent Physician, experien cing but liUle relief Ilavin; seen your preparations extensively ad vertised. I consulted with my family physician in regard to using your lixtract Buchu. I did this been use I hail used all kinds of ad vertised remedies, at-d had found them worthless, and eOm qaite injurious; in fact, I despaired of ever getting well, and determined to uso no rem edies hereifter unless I knew of the ingredienta. It was this that prompted me to use your remedy. As jou advertised that it ..s composed of buchu, tubfibs and juniper hurries, it occurred to me and my physician as an excellent combination, and, with his advice, after an examination of th arti i.ia ar.il rnrifiuTtini? arain with th drujrzist, I concluded to try it. I commenced iu use about eight mouths ago. at which time I was confined to my room From the Erst bottle I was astonish ed and gratiiie-J at the beneficial effect, and after using it three weeks was abl to walk out I felt much iike w ritingyon a full statement or my case at that time, but thought my improvement might only b temporary, and thereftir concluded to defer and see if it would effect a perfect cur, knowing then it would be of greator value to yon and inor satisfactory to me. I am now abl to report that a care is effected aficr u;iiig the remedy for five months. I havo cot used any now for thre months, and feI as wtil in all repects as I ever did. Your Rnchu being devoid ot any unpleasant taste and odor, a nice toniear.d invigoratorof th pystein. I do not mean to be without it whenever occasion may req-aire its use in such affections. M McCOiiJIICK. Should any doubt Mr. McCormick's statement, h refers to the following gen tlemen ;. Hon. Win. P.igler. ex Onvernor Penn'a. lion 1 nomas B Florenae. Philadelphia, lion. J. C. Knox, Judge, Philadelphia. Uou. J. S. Black, Judge, Philadelphia. Hon. I). K. Porter, ex-Governor, Penn'a. lion. Ellis Levis, Judge, Philadelphia. Han. R. C. (Irier.udge I". S Court. lion. G. W. Woodward. Judge Philadelpbia. lion. W. A. Porter, City Solicitor, Fbil'a. Hon. John liigler, ex-floveruor, California, lion. E. Eanks, Auditor Gen. Washington, D.C And many ethers, if necessary. Sold by Irngfiist and Dealers everywhere. Be waro of counterfeits. Ask for Helmbold'i. Tak no other. Price SI 25 per l.ott!e.or bottles for S3 50. rhvcrel to any address. Deicrib ijmp- toms ia ail communications. Address II. T. IIELMBOI.D, Drug and Chemi cal Warehouse, 551 Broadway, JJ. Y. NONE AP.E GESTIKB TXLESS DOJE TJP IX iteel-engravei wrapper; with fac-aimil of mj Chemical Warehouse and aigced June li.'Tft-ly H. T. H6LMB0LO.- r. 4 . i n ii